Manufacturer of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ 100) aircraft – Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) is going to manufacture 17 jets of the type in 2015, Director of Komsomolsk-on-Amur branch of SCAC Dmitry Bloshinski noted, PRIME reports.

“This year’s production program includes 17 aircraft of the type… Last year we manufactured 37 jets, this year – 17 ones, so we have some extra time. We are going to use this time to resolve matters in the area of quality. The current company’s objective is to harmonize sales and production of the aircraft. Because we must not spend resources on production of jets, which won’t be sold, and customers should not wait for their airliners to be delivered,” Bloshinski said.

According to him, the company’s production capacities allow manufacturing 50 jets per year. “In the end of last year we manufactured one jet every seven days. In fact, this is 50 jets per year; this is the output we have reached. We didn’t put any equipment out of operation and we didn’t fire any employees ever since,” he said.

Speaking of the company’s production program for 2016, Bloshinski didn’t specify an exact figure saying that it will be “more than 17 jets”.

According to the company, in 2011 it manufactured five production aircraft of the type. In 2012 SCAC manufactured 12 airliners, in 2013 – 25 ones, in 2014 – 37 ones.

Today air carriers operate 56 Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ 100) liners. The largest SSJ100 operators are Aeroflot – Russian Airlines and Interjet (Mexico).